Category: Sugar

How can limiting sugar decrease excessive calorie intake? Foods high in sugar are typically high in calories and lack health-boosting nutrients. Among the most common culprits are sweetened beverages, candy and bakery products....

Rising blood sugar doesn’t tend to announce itself with symptoms, so it’s determined with a simple blood test. The American Diabetes Association recommends starting check-ins on yours, which can tell you if you are...

Research suggests that keeping “free” sugar intake to less than 5% percent of total calories reaps the most health benefits. That equals 6 teaspoons of sugar per day, if 2000 calories are consumed daily....

In every aisle of the supermarket, you’ll find added sugars in packaged foods and beverages, even in products that sound healthy, sometimes where you least suspect it and in shocking amounts. The most sugars you should...

Levels of beneficial flavonoids are generally higher in dark chocolate, but milk chocolate may pack a health punch, too. In an analysis of studies involving 20,951 people, researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland...

Sugar adds calories to food and likely contributes to obesity and possibly other health risks when you consume too much. To keep your sugar consumption in check: Keep products with added sugar out of your home. The primary...

Sugar may help curb stress, and that may keep us coming back for more. Researchers randomly assigned 19 women ages 18 to 40 to drink beverages (supplied by the study) three times a day with meals. About half got drinks that were...

Fasting blood sugar over 100 could be a sign of diabetes or pre diabetes. Having diabetes drastically increases your risk for cardiovascular problems, the same risk as if you’ve already had a heart attack. Most people...

You should know: That doesn’t mean ‘no added sugar’ Tossing high fructose corn syrup off an ingredients list has more to do with marketing than with science. Similar to sugar chemically, it’s often used...

The USDA recommends that people consume no more than 10 teaspoons of added sugar (160 calories) per day in a 2,000 calorie per day diet. Since it can be tricky to determine just how much added sugar you are consuming, keep the...